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hockey1099
03-10-2010, 04:16 PM
I understand why lake sundance and hasse of millions of stunted perch but dont get why Wabamun has the same thing. The three times i have been there in the last 4 week i saw big burbs, big whites, huge pike and millions of tiny stunted perch what gives?

spopadyn
03-10-2010, 04:39 PM
Actually, this summer when trolling for pike a 11" perch slammed a spoon (with perch colourings). I think mostly though, the pike are eating them as fast as they can reproduce. When I fished there as a kid, I rarely found perch on the open water - they were always snuggled up to the docks - trying to avoid the predators.

fish-man
03-10-2010, 04:40 PM
I've actually caught a couple by hand, they couldnt' swim properly with pike bites all over them.

nicemustang
03-10-2010, 04:57 PM
Yeah probably too many predators that eat them before they can grow large. But there's likely some smart big ones in there, just don't see them that much.